I have been on the giving and the receiving end of show awards for a number of years. If a club is short of funds...just stick to ribbons/rosettes...if they have some money for awards...then the dog related ones should have GSDs (shapes or text)on them; if photo frames or albums, no club names and dates; I have scads of silver plated photo frames and photo albums but they all have the club name and date on them and BOB etc...cannot be used for ANYTHING else; so they sit and gather dust; cannot even donate them for use by another club or for an auction etc...lovely and truly appreciated, but useless thereafter; crystal pieces are good; especially those that can be actually used; stainless steel dog dishes and buckets are great, you can never have enough of those; make sure the bucket handles are sealed, not the ones where a dog can get their eye poked out or GF a collar gets hung up on them; No food - too many different personal likes and dislikes in that area; Towels, do not have to be fancy sets; big bath towels are always appreciated, can be monogramed or embroidered; gift cards are always welcome; they can be generic so that they can be used anywhere. Unless they are local or there are definite circumstances do not give any judge anything of any size that they have to pack or carry...a classy GSD key chain; fob; a nice judges pin or piece of jewelry (only if you know them well enough to know that they like jewelry); generic gift cards for judges are always welcomed; a beautiful scarf is always appreciated or a nice tie with a "classy" GSD design on it; sweatshirts, hoodies, bait bags...That is all I can think of at the moment.... Pauline Moon http://www.ropajagsd.com/ ________________________________ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2014. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION: http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================